Assomption (Metro Montreal)

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View of the platforms

Assomption is a subway station in Montreal . It is located in the arrondissement of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve on the Boulevard de l'Assomption. Trains on the green line 1 run here . In 2006, 1,032,622 passengers used the station, which corresponds to the 62nd place out of a total of 68 stations on Metro Montreal .

Building

Entrance pavilion
Murals

The station designed by the architectural office Duplessis et Labelle was created using an open construction method . Due to the relatively great depth, this resulted in a spacious hall, the most striking feature of which is the sloping ceiling. The distribution level has the shape of a diagonal bridge over the tracks, the entrance pavilion has triangular windows. Various colorful murals by Guy Montpetit loosen up the otherwise monotonous concrete walls. Semi-symmetrical and rounded mechanical motifs are shown in abstract form.

The platform level with two side platforms is 19.2 meters deep . The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from station end to station start, are 895.87 meters to Viau and 781.69 meters to Cadillac . There are connections to two bus lines and a night bus line of the Société de transport de Montréal . The former Olympic Village is nearby .

history

The opening of the station took place on June 6, 1976, together with the section Frontenac - Honoré-Beaugrand of the green line. It is named after the Boulevard de l'Assomption. This name refers to Pope Pius XII in 1950 . proclaimed dogma, the Assumption of the Virgin Mary . During the planning phase, the station name Chauveau was planned.

Web links

Commons : Assomption (Metro Montreal)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Station Assomption - historique et faits diverse. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 23, 2012 (French).
  2. ^ Murales, 1975. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 23, 2012 (French).
  3. ^ Station Assomption - renseignements généraux. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 23, 2012 (French).
  4. ^ Montreal Metro. urbanrail.net, accessed on April 23, 2012 (English).
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Coordinates: 45 ° 34'9 "  N , 73 ° 32'49.2"  W.